And judging from the reactions of this remake (or rather alternate retelling), it's seriously split. You either love it or you hate, but since I love Akiyuki Shinbo's trippy art style, I found this looking FAR BETTER than Xebec's version. Granted SHAFT's version took extreme liberties, but it's just so cool! Especially since they went straight to Evangeline's story, and the overall design is viciously eye-candy (similar vein to other of Shinbo's works like Petite Cossette and MoonPhase).

Of course there are some comedic moments like those Baka Rangers. And anyone who has seen Pani Poni Dash will noticed the changing blackboards are BACK!

THose of you who know Poni poeni dash! will recognize the style in this one, as its directed by the same director (possibly same studio, not sure on that) but the introductions and everything was just like Poni poeni dash eps 1 ;p

I'm a Negima manga fan, so was a bit disapointed with Xebecs adaptation of it, but this one looks promising since it will be focusing more on the magical battles than just plain fanservice and Haremness. In fact its been noted that this will be more kidfrendly than the first one in regards to that.

Ok so I saw the first episode. In my opinion, the art is way better in this one that the original. I can see where mad might be getting the 'more childish' part from, but if it looks this good, it doesn't matter. Plus, I can see the spellcasting part of the show is probably going to rock as well, though I guess I need to see a few more episodes first before I judge that.

I love how Mana was back there in her seat cleaning her gun the whole time

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madbunny wrote:This one is a bit on the childish side. Not to say that it's without charm thus far (I'm about 10 eps in) but I'm not seeing all the heavy handed greatness that the reviews I read about it intimated.

10? You sure your on the right Negima?! I can only find upto eps 2 in raw, and only 1 subbed. As far as I know, only eps 2 has aired so far?

madbunny wrote:This one is a bit on the childish side. Not to say that it's without charm thus far (I'm about 10 eps in) but I'm not seeing all the heavy handed greatness that the reviews I read about it intimated.

10? You sure your on the right Negima?! I can only find upto eps 2 in raw, and only 1 subbed. As far as I know, only eps 2 has aired so far?

Alright, the animation is definitely better, though I'm not quite sure I like what they did to certain characters (especially Natsumi :<). I did think it was pretty cool how every girl got to say something in the first episode, and Zazie was pretty great.

To be honest, I was pretty surprised when I saw that it started with the Evangeline arc, so I'm still a bit iffy on that. But hey, as long as Kotaro isn't forgotten in this version too, I doubt I'll have too many complaints. :3

OtakuGray wrote:Sometimes anime can branch out to a younger audience and this is one of those times where you wish children would just go die.

Despite the different approach, I have to say this 'alternate-retelling' of Negima is far much better than Xebec's version, in terms of art-work. And also, I quite like it this way. The anime is more focused on a certain story and plot (so far) than in Xebec's version where Fan service and Ecchi prevailed. (Okay, I may have over said that, but you know what I mean )

As for the OP, I love it! Very cool use of the 'thousands' of desks in the animation. Also, its great to see PPD related things in there again such as the blackboard!

Also in episode 1 (for those who didn't notice it):
18:33 - The Metronome you see is from Pani Poni Dash! and is often seen at the Intros. The cat you see at the bottom of the Metronome is also from Pani Poni Dash! called Kami-sama(?) (Please correct me if the name is wrong, since I havent seem PPD in ages!)

19:21 - I saw a reference to Azumanga Daioh! On the blackboard, you can see a 'Chiyo equation'! Her pigtails + a pigtail-less Chiyo = (answer not shown). Also you can see the 'あ' in the blackboard! Which is also a reference to Azumanga Daioh